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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4039 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2753 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | David Biele |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to firefighter retirement benefits. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Biele4th Suffolk1/17/2025Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/11/2025Daniel Cahill10th Essex2/11/2025Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden2/11/2025Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.28th Middlesex2/11/2025Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex2/11/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/11/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/11/2025Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex2/11/2025Christopher Richard Flanagan1st Barnstable2/11/2025Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex2/11/2025Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex2/11/2025Dennis C. Gallagher8th Plymouth2/11/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester2/11/2025Michael J. Soter8th Worcester2/11/2025Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk2/11/2025John J. Marsi6th Worcester2/11/2025Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable2/11/2025 2 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth2/11/2025Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester2/11/2025Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk2/11/2025James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/19/2025James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/19/2025James Arciero2nd Middlesex2/27/2025Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/27/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4039 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2753 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Biele of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2753) of David |
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| 20 | 20 | | Biele and others for legislation to expand the cancer presumption for firefighters. Public Service. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2443 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to firefighter retirement benefits. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Chapter 32 Section 94B(2) of the General Laws as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition is |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3hereby amended by striking the word five in line 27 and insert the word ten after the word within |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4in line 27. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 Section 2. Chapter 32 Section 94B (2) of the General Laws as appearing in the 2014 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting in line 31 after the word compensation the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7following words, in the event that such person retires in accordance with this section any |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8secondary cancer shall be covered in accordance with section 9 of this chapter. |
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